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Self-Transfiguration and Resurrection

As the month of February went so comes the madness of March. For the first time in at least 4 months our FrancisCorps community spent more time outside than inside enjoying a nice spring like day here in Syracuse. It really lifted our spirits to enjoy such a great day outside and the promise of more days like it come as the weather slowly warms–not that all of the snow or cold filled days are done. Still the sense of spring and promise of better weather has begun to left our spirits.

Things are going well at my job sites. One very cool thing the staff and volunteers will be doing this month is having a float in the St. Patrick’s day parade. It promises to be a good event and I will firmly being in a parade. Our float will feature lots of Franciscan and St. Patrick related themes and characters. Somehow I was drafted to be portray the man St. Patrick himself on our float. I will have costume and all the trimmings. Not sure how it will turn out but expect pictures. It promises to be a real fun event!

On a different note, it being the start of the second week of Lent, I just happened to listen to today’s Gospel reading on the “Transfiguration.” Pondering through its meaning I started to note the number of times I had been transfigured or had been a witness to another transfiguration. Then I realized this whole blog has been a witness to a continuous path of self-transfiguration for myself the last few months. However, today’s Gospel added another element to the story, resurrection.

The experiences and insights I have made here (and they are many) have set me up to become a new and more developed person. As I consider what paths I want to pursue in the immediate aftermath and more long-term after FrancisCorps, the old me is starting to give way to newer me. Like Christ and St. Francis I have had my own self-transfiguration year with FrancisCorps.

Every year of Lent we are asked to be active witnesses to the transfiguration of Christ in our own lives. However, transfiguration is only half of the way. We have to go through the steps and motions to meet Him at the Resurrection. Lent is only in its second week and life’s path of transfiguration is not always like Christ’s. And I still have much more of my journey to go in FrancisCorps;yet, I recognize the wonder path of self-transfiguration I have been on these past few months.

I pray my Lenten experience and the rest of the remaining time at FrancisCorps will lead me to closer to the resurrection of Christ this Easter and to many resurrections in life. Likewise let everyone have the same promise and path this season of Lent!